Pain is Universal

I would weigh heavy on strong men,

I would make everything ponderous,

I would make falling death,

I would prevent destruction,

I would make travelling to space a necessity,

I would make this grounded,

I would make you feel cumbersome,

I would crush everything,

I would make his fall catastrophic,

By existing

Words mean nothing when uttered

Via an internet of empty knowledge and you

I reached across the chasm hoping to touch

A remnant of what is left of your skin

I clutch a handful of empty dreams and night

As an echo slides across my skin

Reminding me that there is only your version

Of this

And my version

Of you

The kiss was unwarranted

The slap was expected

The sex was intoxicating

The breakup was epic

The heart that was broken

It was mine

Cupping it so close I cry

Her fingers remind me of honey

Liquid golden strands of sweetness

Tastes like candy she whispers

Her eyes are pools of dark secret

Her sly smile is quite painful

As I try to extricate my hold on her jugular

Pathogen is the description I found

In the tattered dictionary below a picture of putrid flesh

He laughed at my inability to spell

As I attempted to clean the graffiti

Covering my face and part of my chest

Pushing me away when I tried to touch

The remnant of what was left

Of our love letter framed on the wall

Of the inner chamber of my heart

I attempt to purchase this dream

Offer my soiled bills for your gaze

I am not given change and the cashier

Looks at me in disdain as she takes my payment

I duck my head so as not to make eye contact

As I move down the hall

The room I enter is nondescript and quiet

I sit in the lone chair and play with an errant curl

You enter and smile at me slyly as you shut the door

I smell the mix of cigarettes and nondescript cologne

As you move closer

Your eyes meet mine and you look lost for a moment

Before your gaze moves to my mouth

Your hand touches my cheek and you move closer

Our proximity makes me breathless

You lean close and ask me if I need anything

I feel weak when I whisper “You”

Your mouth on mine feels enveloping

And I say your name into an empty room